Translational Medical Scientist

Summary

Join Natera as a Translational Medical Scientist in the Oncology department, contributing to partnerships with clinicians and key opinion leaders to apply genomic data and advance healthcare. This role focuses on circulating tumor DNA analysis to improve patient outcomes. You will collaborate extensively with internal and external stakeholders, including pharmaceutical companies, to integrate genomic and clinical data across multiple projects. Responsibilities include transforming product requirements into technical specifications, building research strategies, performing genomic analysis, leading knowledge management efforts, and collaborating on publications. The position requires a Ph.D. in a relevant field and at least 2 years of experience. Natera offers competitive benefits, including comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans, as well as free testing for employees and their families.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Genomics, Cancer Biology, Genetics, or equivalent required
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience
• Solid scientific understanding or education background in oncology – including diagnostics and therapeutics
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills will be needed in our cross functional team

Responsibilities

• Work with Sr. Scientists, clinicians, product managers, and key opinion leaders to transform product requirements into technical specifications for future oncology products using circulating tumor DNA
• Collaborate with molecular biologists, computational biologists, and statisticians to build research strategies that solve challenging problems
• Collaborate with sample accessioning team, legal dept, and R&D to draft contracts and execute research projects
• Perform genomic analysis to explore biological, scientific, and clinical questions in oncology and translating results to impact patient care
• Lead internal efforts on oncology knowledge management and curation
• Collaborate with external partnerships, include academics, biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical companies
• Communicate results and findings of analyses to academic researchers and collaborate to publish findings in high impact journals
• Work with business and biological teams to understand the research landscape and technology options
• Performs other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Specific experience with ctDNA is preferred
• Knowledgeable and experience in the use and optimization of novel technologies and understand the competitive landscape
• Knowledge of cancer from both a basic biology and molecular perspective
• Working knowledge of basic bioinformatics and genomics sequencing analysis techniques
• Knowledge of data mining and statistical analysis tools such as R, SQL, or Stata is a plus

Benefits

• Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents
• Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits
• Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more
• We also offer a generous employee referral program!